Another year has passed and I've hardly looked at my sewing machine. 

I hit a problem with a pattern I was following three years ago and just stuck there, in limbo! The obvious remedy (I now think!) was to sew something else, no matter what: crumb blocks would have been a good answer, there are enough fabric crumbs around here. But, alas, even that seemed too much.

This month's request from the "Do Good Stitches" Comfort Circle (Dutch group) is a pair of Hugs and Kisses blocks. This morning I pressed and cut the necessary pieces:

 

and intend sewing them this afternoon. A nice easy project to get me going again.

I'm linking this to  Stories from the Sewing Room One Monthly Goal January Link Up

 

 Update 19:49

The next obstacle in blogland is to link up with the above. I've followed the instructions - each time without success.

Secondly someone told me recently that last time I posted I was in no-reply mode. Am I still? Please comment and let me know.

 

And so to sew, 

Keep safe 

and enjoy you creative hobbies.

Marly 

 

After an absence of nearly a year and a half my blog is back. 

Where have I been all this time? Nowhere special, just quilting, and knitting and reading a lot at home.

Why couldn't I post for nearly one and a half years? Good question. Firstly, it had disappeared and Google didn't answer my question when  asked how I could access it again. Secondly, when I finally found it I couldn't couldn't post any photos, because Apple had changed the photo format, so that photos taken with my phone are not visible on my computer!

Some things were finished:

Circus Cabin, pattern Rachel Hauser

 

 I still don't have any photos that I can publish; I need to find someone to help convert the Apple photos to jpeg format.

Regardless of technology blips, life goes on.

Sew happily

greetings

Marly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marie Greene launched the pattern for this year's 4-day KAL yesterday. I can tell you now that it will take me more than four days to turn this:

 

into a jumper, albeit with short sleeves.

However I do know that this will be taking a lot of my time over the next four weeks!

As this is a quilting blog I am making my one monthly goal a quilting one. 

Of the four goals I listed in June, I finished the Hemisphere quilt and assembled the 18-patch blocks into a top; the other two are still on the pile!

 

18-patch top for Do Good Stitches

I plan to add the wadding and backing to the 18-patch quilt the Comfort Circle of Do Good Stitches made in March. It would be wonderful if I also manage to quilt, label and bind it. Who knows ..?!

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Sew happily!

Marly.

 

 Just in time to link up with One Monthly Goal:

Hexagonal Hemispheres: pattern by Sheila Christensen, quilted by Elly Prins

Sweet batik backing

After all it's a throw!

This was made during a QAL designed and hosted by Sheila Christensen a few years ago. I don't know why it took me so long to finish, because I kept up with the piecing during the QAL, just afterwards I hit a phenomenal dip. Finally, I took it to Elly Prins who quilted it for me.

The fabric in the hexagons, which are all traditionally pieced (no foundation piecing or EPP), came from my stash; the sashing, setting triangles and border fabric is basic fabric from Stof fabric, a Danish company.

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Sew happily

Marly.

 

 

 My goal for May is was to bind my hemisphere hexagons, but although I wrote the post I forgot to post it!

As I didn't touch any of these projects all month here they are again! This first one remains the priority.

Hemisphere quilt: pattern: @mystery quilter

Also waiting for action are:

• to add hand quilting:

rainbow beads curtain

and

Staying positive: pattern: Brigitte Heitland

•  to assemble:
  

These last are the March blocks from the Comfort Circle of Do Good Stitches. The idea was shamelessly lifted from Cathy, whose prodigious scrap quilts for charity are an inspiration.

There are 30 days, so that means on average one project per week. It should be possible but some tasks require more time than others and I do have other thing to do with my time! I'll give binding the Hemisphere quilt the priority. Here's hoping!

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Happy sewing

Marly.

 

 .... was to finish some of the quilts on the "ready to quilt" pile. Well there is only one that is finished!

 

and that's about time too. This was the bee quilt of the blocks made by all the Bee members of the Do. Good Stitches Comfort Circle in March 2022! For some of the group members this was the first time they tried sewing crumbs, so they all did remarkably well. Now I have to find a destination for this Charity quilt.

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Happy Sewing

Marly.

... is to make a dent in the pile of tops waiting to be quilted and bound.

There are quite a few:

Only the last one is just a top, the other three are partially quilted and need binding. I doubt if I will get them all finished because I have to tidy my sewing room first; at present I have no space on the table to lay out a quilt!

Wish me luck!

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Happy sewing

Marly.